Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-06

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F1ts re- wiss1y nar Zoe well Wtboat
in4nirina onriousfy into the innue1cs1
uhlch ingpirsa his setion. 10 peorle %
lIIin0is wfIl Be assonisssd thai be snould
fhus kass nIasea kiussIf % recora -
fasgxinR Els pEopased woman EaEeAze
nuuE1isnfisnal ana1dmsu4- OF Asi TIE
ohruute ahsurdlEiss VITA whinh censfzx
Blair is efL11eEsd, and which ha preeipt
tntes upon tne Semals CO avery opnffnn1-
~, this woman EuiK49e CHESTNUT b tne
moss dis1astekai 70 sue ps0pls o. this
STATE; and ysE We dnd nos onl1 ID ne~
senator buf bis eollsaRue, Mr.. C1ll1ns
wbs has besn In WashinEt long
enoneh 70 keow better. v0sing With Inn
IN TIE minority. TIE natural tnferenee
frosa this i0inl vote would Be thai tqe
peopis Of Illinois are sssrwhelm1aeiy u
faysF Of female s1dfaRe and Are pinln9
for the day when w0men can leg foii
and sancus and march 70 the polls fe
vote for political candidates. ms y
not tie ease. OF All the States IN the
Union Illinofs Is the one upon wnicn
femais Suffrage agitation has made me
least impFsszion- Not pr cent OF Der
male population would vote Tor tae
Amsndmsnf II Il were Submitted 20
them, and isas Of that psroentARe OF Der
women would vote IL they had the op-
portunity- A few years sRo an enofs
was made 20 arouse some interest," y tne
snbjsct. A Sorosis was organized hax'
ina thaf end in view. bat IL soon expir-
ed Of inanision snd its leaders emiRra.ed
thossand miles nearer 20 Senator
Blair's eccentric nesghbofhOod. As an
issue. female suffrage in Illinois u a.
Iifeless - one Of Phara0h's mummies
The nee Senator, therefore, - Wen as
his coileaRue, has misrepresented ne
State. It is bad start for the former.
Arguments apon the question OF fe.
male suffrage are almost always useless.
AZ no amoaRt Of iteration will ever con-
vince lis leaders that the Suffrage - net
9 natural right, but one which must 81
ways be settled BY physical aironmsean-
Gee and political expedieneg. Nor
again will they ever be convinced thas
those who exsreisg political rights mus
expect 10 perform political duties and
bear The harden Of political fesponsiblii.
ties, and that those Who make the Law.
must be ready to enforce them sne
take their part in municipal. State, and
National defense. Still less can they b
convinced that, though toe entire popu
lation. joining with minority OF men
1 might carry certain measures theS
would have ne means Of enforcing then
n the majority Of men should object.
Wherever female suffeage has been test
ed it has proved failure, because thu
large majority Of women do not want C
vote and shrink from its publicity anf
disagFeeable associations, and IN place
where the female vote has been maaipu-
lated By men il has proved . curse n
In Utah. More than DnOs the senate
has voted TO ab0lish female suffrage IN
that Territory, Notwithstanding th'
protests and coarse abnss Of its mem
bers by some Of the shrieki1g leaders
because IL has been one Of the principa
supports of the vices Of polygamy. n
smounf Of pFt ssure could induce the re-
fined, intelligent. and virtuous women
Of this country as q whole 70 vote.
What, then, 10 TO be gained by adding 4
| the already corrupt vote OF the larR'
cities the votes Of the Ignorant and vi
cious class Of 90 rem? What hops
wonid there be for any reform in Chic
ago, for instance, II the SURFACE wer.
enlarged in this msnneF7 From the
women whom tie demagoRs Woala mus
ter at the polls what could be expected
but ktill further decentralization?
| IL is useless. however, TO 20 over the
cid ground again. Il IL Lore TO tbe
point that the men OF Illinois dom
want female suffrage aud still more e
the point that the women Of Illinois
don't want il, and for this reason Il Is a
matter Of regret that the new Senator
should havs begun his term By placing
himself IN antaeonism to their seHti
ments. Mr.. Fegwell hiss the reputation
If being practical, hard headed mar
Of affairs. We warn him, therefore
that il he trains with Senator Blair be
is in danger Of becoming emotional
and historical. Il Is bad start, but ID
/ the future be will always be on the safe
side 10 vote against every thing the New
Hampshire fanatic proposes, whether
| 1t is to enfranchise women in spite OF
themselves. to enforce political pr5hibi-
ton. or to extend the area Of education
al paupeFism in the South.